{"id":2228,"date":"2011-09-25T15:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T15:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/?page_id=2228"},"modified":"2016-04-19T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:01:07","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>M\u00ecrean <\/em>provides guidance on:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the main grammatical patterns of the Gaelic language<\/li>\n<li>how teachers can teach and reinforce these in class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is recommended that schools should put a programme in place, based on <em>M\u00ecrean,<\/em> to develop children&#8217;s Gaelic progressively, from nursery through to secondary school.<\/p>\n<p>This should include:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>daily (or at least regular) language &#8216;lessons&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>teaching and language reinforcement which is embedded in ongoing class work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To link these two approaches, it is recommended that schools should create a programme of language targets, in which a particular language pattern (or set of patterns) is adopted as a target for a class or group for a set period \u2013 for example, a week (or longer) or the duration of a particular project. [The phrase &#8216;Pattern of the week&#8217; is used as a shorthand term for this but the period may be longer, or shorter, than a week.]<\/p>\n<p>The targets may be selected on the basis that pupils have been finding these structures difficult or that they go with a particular topic (e.g. &#8216;bhiodh&#8217; with history) or simply that they form part of the school&#8217;s programme for Gaelic language development at that stage.<\/p>\n<p>While the target is in force, the language patterns concerned will be taught and reinforced frequently and in a variety of ways, including:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>direct teaching<\/li>\n<li>drawing attention to and correcting errors on a regular basis<\/li>\n<li>listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks across the curriculum<\/li>\n<li>other appropriate ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00ecrean provides guidance on: the main grammatical patterns of the Gaelic language how teachers can teach and reinforce these in class. It is recommended that schools should put a programme in place, based on M\u00ecrean, to develop children&#8217;s Gaelic progressively, from nursery through to secondary school. This should include: daily (or at least regular) language [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/mirean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}